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P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales
BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile poses a major infection control challenge and remains a huge burden to our healthcare system. The emergence of hypervirulent strains of C. difficile has highlighted the need for monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and continual epidemiological vigilance. Ag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849341/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac004.025 |
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author | Thomas, R. Coupe, B. Bull, M. Copsey, S. Morris, T. Perry, M. Morgan, C. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile poses a major infection control challenge and remains a huge burden to our healthcare system. The emergence of hypervirulent strains of C. difficile has highlighted the need for monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and continual epidemiological vigilance. Agar dilution is the current gold standard method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of C. difficile and the method routinely utilized in the Public Health Wales (PHW) UK Anaerobe Reference Unit (UKARU) at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. However, this method is laborious and time consuming. Meanwhile, the emergence of WGS introduces the possibility of acquiring rapid genotypic information in terms of AMR. METHODS: In this research project, isolates obtained from faecal samples submitted across the Betsi Cadwalader health board (BCUHB) that were either GDH or PCR positive were sequenced as part of the C. difficile Genomic Sequencing and Typing (DIGEST) pilot project performed at the PHW Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) in Cardiff. RESULTS: Results highlights include the finding that 93% of the isolates analysed for the presence of AMR genes were found to have the cdeA gene associated with conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin. Other common genes observed included blaCDD-1 and blaCDD-2, associated with β-lactam resistance. CONCLUSIONS: While further work must be done to link genotypic characterization with phenotype, this study provides a valuable insight into AMR mechanisms in C. difficile and may in future become an important tool providing early indication of shift in C. difficile epidemiology or the emergence of a new hypervirulent and MDR strain. |
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spelling | pubmed-88493412022-02-17 P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales Thomas, R. Coupe, B. Bull, M. Copsey, S. Morris, T. Perry, M. Morgan, C. JAC Antimicrob Resist Posters Abstracts BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile poses a major infection control challenge and remains a huge burden to our healthcare system. The emergence of hypervirulent strains of C. difficile has highlighted the need for monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and continual epidemiological vigilance. Agar dilution is the current gold standard method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of C. difficile and the method routinely utilized in the Public Health Wales (PHW) UK Anaerobe Reference Unit (UKARU) at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. However, this method is laborious and time consuming. Meanwhile, the emergence of WGS introduces the possibility of acquiring rapid genotypic information in terms of AMR. METHODS: In this research project, isolates obtained from faecal samples submitted across the Betsi Cadwalader health board (BCUHB) that were either GDH or PCR positive were sequenced as part of the C. difficile Genomic Sequencing and Typing (DIGEST) pilot project performed at the PHW Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) in Cardiff. RESULTS: Results highlights include the finding that 93% of the isolates analysed for the presence of AMR genes were found to have the cdeA gene associated with conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin. Other common genes observed included blaCDD-1 and blaCDD-2, associated with β-lactam resistance. CONCLUSIONS: While further work must be done to link genotypic characterization with phenotype, this study provides a valuable insight into AMR mechanisms in C. difficile and may in future become an important tool providing early indication of shift in C. difficile epidemiology or the emergence of a new hypervirulent and MDR strain. Oxford University Press 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8849341/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac004.025 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Posters Abstracts Thomas, R. Coupe, B. Bull, M. Copsey, S. Morris, T. Perry, M. Morgan, C. P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title | P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title_full | P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title_fullStr | P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title_full_unstemmed | P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title_short | P26 Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile in North Wales |
title_sort | p26 phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in clostridioides difficile in north wales |
topic | Posters Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849341/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac004.025 |
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